Secondary Leukemia in a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patient Presenting as Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast | Zendy

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Secondary Leukemia in a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patient Presenting as Myeloid Sarcoma of the Breast

Author(s) -

Vincenzo Pitini,

Carmela Arrigo,

Maria Grazia Sauta,

Giuseppe Altavilla

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in hematology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6560

pISSN - 2090-6579

DOI - 10.1155/2011/914613

Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid sarcoma , myeloid leukemia , lymphoma , myeloid , hodgkin lymphoma , leukemia , sarcoma , haematopoiesis , oncology , pathology , cancer research , stem cell , biology , genetics

As defined by the World Health Organization classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissue, myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a tumor mass of myeloblasts or immature myeloid cells that can arise before, concurrent with, or following acute myeloid leukaemia. We describe a case of secondary leukemia presenting itself as MS of the breast in a patient previously treated for a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

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